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2.7m per kWh is pretty normal in my view implying about 225 miles Electric cars tend to be more efficient at low speeds as drag through the air is the biggest factor affecting range especially as it increases exponentially with speed. Driving in traffic is also typically not an issue as most of...

Thanks for sharing. Really interesting. Feel like I finally understand why the tyres make that slipping noise when sharply turning out of my drive and why this is more pronounced than other cars.

The 22kWh option is pricy. I did consider spending more on a DC charger that can deliver say 25kWh knowing that it would also work on my other car (also no 22kWh option) or any other car I planned to buy in the future. Those DC chargers are pretty expensive and 11kwh should be enough for me in...

Apparently it has outsold Tesla Model 3 in China since launching in April - over 160,000 units sold! I bet the tech is really good but styling is really not to my taste - it looks like a knock off where all the bits just don’t quite hang together as a cohesive design. While I l’ve no idea of...

Funny, an M3 only has a range of 340 miles at highway speeds …

Another reason for lower efficiency could be if you only make short trips on a daily basis as the car uses mechanical brakes the first few times you brake before regen kicks in. It’s not unusual for me to see figures in the 50kwh/100miles on the trip computer for the first 5 miles of a trip...

27.6kwh / 100 miles doesn’t sound right - way too little power usage in my opinion - it would be equivalent to over 300 miles on average or 3.6 miles per kWh In both my Taycans I was getting around 2.5 miles on average. Current Taycan CT 4S is showing 2.4 at 26mph over last 6000 miles.

One of the best colours - discontinued before I locked in my order. Looks so good.

It’s 186 … usable capacity of the high capacity battery is 84kwh … so exactly 300km or 186 miles As I said … everyone has a different view of spirited or fun driving and 23kwh per 100 would be 226 miles State of health above at 84pct seems about right for a 4/5 year old car and within Porsche...

28kwh per 100km would be 186 miles ... and everyone has a different definition of spirited driving

200 miles in cold weather is normal - both my Taycan CT 4S (both never more than 9 months old and around 5,000 miles) would hover just above that mark when the weather falls to <10 degrees C with mix of in-town and motorway driving 300 miles is a glitch, driving down a mountain or rose-tinted...

I wonder if the glass has any finish / tint applied to it externally. Glass is typically pretty hard and not easy to scratch especially through just opening and closing a window. I did once scratch a window at home while removing some paint with a sharp scraper. I did manage to get most of...

I always assumed that the profile merely sets a minimum charge which it will aim to reach as soon as you plug in, ignoring all other settings and that everything else has to be controlled with timers and that it will over ride the timer. So if you have a timer set to charge from 23:30 to 05:30...

I would guess time has nothing to do with it: - you have same starting energy (speed x mass) - you end on the same energy (lower speed x mass) So assuming 100pct efficiency of regen you would put the same total energy back to the battery but over a longer or shorter period of time. What could...

In my mind any strategy that uses braking (regen when you take your foot off the accelerator) and acceleration intermittently is less efficient than applying constant and even power through out: - regen is not 100pct efficient - acceleration (I’m assuming) less efficient than steady speed...

One would hope that the equilibrium will be restored and prices will stabilise. The higher financing costs and the fear of massive depreciation will put off buyers, which while reducing demand (but also increasing exclusivity) will also reduce supply of second hand vehicles in the future. Even...

Would be interesting to see what percentage of Porsche sales in Europe were EVs and therefore where Porsche stood vs the 22pct they needed to sell in terms of electric vehicles not be be hit by fines. I couldn’t quite find the data. With the launch of the Macan EV I suspect they will be...

the government subsidy is already massive in my opinion given so many are buying through limited companies or work leasing schemes - this has contributed to the problem of massive initial demand and more recent over supply in the used market hurting the original private buyer in particular no...

Just like they killed diesel cars … Right wing dominated press hates the woke ideology of EVs … never a positive headline. One of my favourite stories was about a man who would never buy an EV … because after a 400 mile journey the seats gave him a sore back.

I suspect it’s close to the square root of very little but it’s possible that the customisation makes their production line as well as any software implementation required to run these options much less efficient. Personally I detest the customisation approach as its inefficient and excessive...